The Journey Home Cont.

[Hitoban no Fokkusu]

Maname watched Raist anxiously for what seemed like an agonizingly long time. Finally she saw him swallow the seed, and took a few steps back. He would start throwing up soon, and she didn't want to be caught in that line of fire. She'd done that before, and it wasn't a pretty sight, and an even worse smell. Smell like that didn't go away for a while, no matter what you rubbed on, and how many times you went swimming. She felt a pang of pity for Raist-he would have to deal with that smell until it was gone from his fur.

[Rynn]

Several seconds passed before Raists body convulsed and his body arched as he threw up, though none of it really got in his fur, guess you could say lots of practice from being too ill and weak to get up before getting sick. Unfortunitally his throwing up didn't much help his permanently weak body condition and he coughed for about a minute once he was done being sick, he inhaled and released a rattling sigh before closing his eyes and relaxing a bit.

Kaze suddenly jumped up and was starting up the tunnel that led into the Alphas den with quite the shocked look on his face. He knew something was wrong now, he sensed it...."Somethings happened...." he whispered to himself not really paying attention to see who was close to him, if anyone. He knew Maname was on the otherside of the room with Raist but he didn't know where Dawn had gone, if she had gone anywhere at all. He was too focused on this bad feeling he had felt.

[Hitoban no Fokkusu]

Maname cooed over Raist during his fit, reassuring him that she was here to help. Once he was done, she sat down next to him, trying not to focus on the...puddle in front of him. "If you think you can move, we can go to one of the rooms, so you can rest without interruption." She was too far away to notice anything wrong with Kaze. Dawn, however, was close enough.

Dawn had moved away when Raist had gotten sick. She didn't have the stomach to sit there reassuring him, as Maname had. She was halfway in between Kaze and the others when she heard claws scraping the floor. She turned to see Kaze looking intently up the tunnel into her den. He looked extremely tense, and immediately Dawn knew something was wrong. She raced over to Kaze and followed his gaze up the tunnel. It was, of course, too dark to see anything. "What is it," she demanded. "What's happened?" She didn't wait for his answer, instead she bounded expertly up the steep tunnel and into her den, not knowing what to expect.

[Rynn]

Raist gave a slight hoarse cough before speaking, "I think I can manage to move, so that I can rest somewhere else." Slowly he got to his feet, though a bit shakily, "Which room would you rather have me in Maname? I don't care where, it makes no difference to me, just so long as its out of this room." Raist glanced momentarily over at Kaze and Dawn, what had happened he wondered but was too exausted to think on it too long.

Kaze took off after Dawn back up into the Alphas den and there standing right on the edge where the Alphas den and the waterfall met stood Fallen. Her sapphire-blue eyes were different though, more corrupt, not like the Fallen everyone knew. "Fallen? What are you doing here?" He asked her, "no forget I asked that, what did you do to Rin!" Fallen just laughed, a low threatening chuckle, "What did I do to her brother? I did nothing to her, we were just passing through the Full Moon Territory and Rin decided to get in our way.." Kaze blinked, "We?" Fallen blinked, "Oh, yes that's right I never told you did I? I met this amazing wolf who wants to see this world be ruled by darkness and chaos, and all the weak ones destroyed....Rin is one of the weak ones and we tried to eliminate her but we had better plans that we had to set into motion first, so we attacked her then left....to claim New Moons Territory...." Kaze growled and lunged at Fallen forgetting where she had been standing and they both fell off the edge of the waterfall.

[Hitoban no Fokkusu]

Maname considered the options. There were four bedrooms in the Healer's wing. One was hers, and the other was currently saved for Rin. "I would prefer you be as close to me as possible so I can keep an eye on you, so why don't you take the room next to mine?" She smiled and led him into the room. It was sparsely decorated: a few supplies in the corner, a leaf-bed in the middle. The bed was not as comfortable as it is in the spring, but not as uncomfortable as it is in the winter. She turned to Raist with an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry the bed isn't as comfortable as it could be. It is fall, you know."

Dawn stood, looking at Fallen. Something about her seemed off, raised the scruff on her neck. She growled, backing toward the nursery. Above all else, she had to keep her pups safe. She watched the exchange between the two, appalled by the sudden change in Fallen. She had been a guest here not too long ago, after all, and now she'd gone evil? She mentioned taking over the New Moon territory, and Dawn's stomach flopped. Now there would be two evil packs? What if they started some sort of uprising? These thoughts were pushed from her mind as the two fell out of the cave. She whirled to check on her babies-they were all safe and sound-before following. "Stay here!" She made sure there were no other threats in the den before climbing down. Fallen and Kaze had fallen into the grotto pool, which was directly under the entrance to the den. She sat back and waited for Fallen to resurface. She would defend her territory while Hitoban and Tsuki were away.

[Rynn]

Raist followed Maname to the room she wanted him to stay in, he chuckled softly and spoke, "I would bet you that that bed is a lot more comforitable than that carcass I was laying in earlier..." He walked slowly into the room and settled himself down into the leaf bed.


Fallen surfaced a few seconds before Kaze oppsite the side from the pool that Dawn stood at, Kaze pulled himself up out of the pool next to Dawn and shook some rolled his shoulders. Fallen had a gash on her shoulder from where Kaze had sunk his fangs into her as they had fell over the side of the cliff. But Kaze knew that even with that gash in her shoulder she was faster than him, Fallen had always been the fastest of the three siblings. "This is the second time you've betrayed your family Fallen! If this 'amazing' wolf throws you out or whatever don't expect a warm welcome from either of us! Cause your once again labled a traitor to Rin and I and we won't be so willing to except you back next time!" Fallen just smirked, "Gibari will never throw me out, nice try though....We'll meet again....very soon brother...." And wtih that she turned and ran into the forest. Kaze snarled and took off around the edge of the pond and after his fleeing sister.

[Hitoban no Fokkusu]

Dawn listened, and couldn't help but feel disgusted. Why would they even take her back in the first place? Once a betrayer, always a betrayer, after all. Mar... Her thoughts whispered back to that time when Mar was a mite more evil than he is now. They welcomed him back, just as they welcomed more than one member of the boys' family, when they had all once been against them. It seems everyone deserves a second chance. But a third? No way. Kaze was right to feel the hurt he felt, and Dawn would feel the same way were she in his shoes. She watched them run away, and felt the urge to give chase. But, though she wanted to defend her territory, she wanted even more to defend her family. She climbed back up into the den, and went to the nursery to comfort her pups.

[Rynn]

Kaze ran after Fallen but despite the gash in her shoulder she was outpacing him by a huge measure, with a snarl he halted and let loose a howl filled with the loss of his sister once again, and rage at her betrayal. He closed his emerald eyes for several seconds before turning and walking back towards the waterfall. He sat at the base of the waterfall and prayed that Rin was okay. Fallen kept running, she had parted ways with Gibari as they had been fleeing Full Moons Territory, and she was heading back to New Moon to meet up with him, hopefully.

[Hitoban no Fokkusu]

Dawn didn't hear the howling over the roar of the waterfall. She didn't know when Kaze returned, leaving Fallen to run away on her own accord. She only knew her pups were not injured, her home safe once again. She knew the ache of wondering why her mate had been gone so long. She knew the fatigue of the day's "adventure." She knew the worry over all the missing boys. They would have some serious explaining to do when they came home. Either that, or they would have to have a whole lot of meat they were dragging home, to have been gone hunting so long. Dawn laid down on the cold floor, letting her pups snuggle in close, and sighed. It had been a long day, and she was tired.

[Rynn]

Kaze sighed, stood, and walked to the middle of the clearing and laid down on his side, staring off into the trees, he closed his eyes, today had been a long day, and he was too tired to care anymore, the betrayal of his twin sister bit deep. Both he and Fallen had betrayed Rin once, and she had accepted them both back, but both he and Fallen knew that she wouldn't accept Fallen back for a second time. Kaze wanted so bad to just sleep, but thoughts kept running through his head so despite his fatigue he stood and wandered out into the forest, he would return several hours later, and he would make sure he had food for the others when he returned.